Fun fact (you probably remember), you used to report phishing sites with one simple email and they would actually be taken down.
replyThese days I get the feeling a lot of the registrars are essentially/effectively in on it (at least by inaction). A well-run ICANN feels needed, who can track takedown compliance.
Abuse handling is a mess. AFAIK, the registries, registrars, and ICANN all share responsibility in terms of mitigation. There’s no consistency.
replyThe entire domain squatting/parking industry exists because filing an ICANN dispute costs more than paying the squatter. Absolutely insane.
replylooking at you Cloudflare
replyFunnily enough years ago I did a takedown request for terrorist material, realised that the host was in the same building as me. So when the ticket got closed and they didn't make any changes. I walked into their office and showed them a lovely video they had on their network.
Suddenly they took action.
It’s a protection racket too. When they first launched generic tld’s, donuts(a shady registry) had a product that didn’t allow domain registration but -did- block registration of a domain across all tlds in case you didn’t want to pay for company-name.[200+ tlds]
replyI still remember when they started charging for domains. Until late 1995, they were free.
replyIn hindsight, quite lucky it’s a California non profit. That allowed us to stop the dot-org sale.
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